Katharine Meyer
Fellow at Brookings Institution
Fellow, @BrookingsGov @BrookingsEd | @Nudge4Solutions & @AnnenbergInst affiliate | Wahoowa | she/her | would rather be reading
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3 weeks ago |
brookings.edu | Katharine Meyer
Between the ongoing budget reconciliation process and President Trump’s FY 2026 budget request, federal financial aid is at risk. Provisions in the reconciliation bill would eliminate Pell grant eligibility for millions of students, and the budget proposes eliminating or dramatically reducing Pell and other federal grant aid.
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1 month ago |
brookings.edu | Purnima Aggarwal |Gabrielle Harris |Katharine Meyer
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. The U.S. Department of Education marked the start of the month by terminating a $1 billion grant program that helps schools hire mental health professionals. In this context, it’s worth stepping back to consider how our students are doing and how states might respond to the situation. The pandemic wreaked havoc on youth mental health in the United States. However, troubling trends in depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation started well before 2020.
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2 months ago |
brookings.edu | Katharine Meyer |Jon Valant |Nicolas Zerbino
Editor's note: This blog is part of a Brown Center series, “COVID-19 and education: Five years later,” in which Brookings experts and external contributors reflect on the impacts of COVID-19 on students, schools, and education policy.
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2 months ago |
brookings.edu | Michael Hansen |Katharine Meyer |Rachel Perera |Jon Valant
Editor's note: This article is part of the “COVID-19 and education: Five years later” series in which Brown Center experts and external contributors reflect on the five-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic and its ongoing impact on education policy, politics, and practice. March 2025 marked five years since the U.S. declared a national emergency concerning COVID-19 on March 13, 2020.
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Mar 24, 2025 |
brookings.edu | Marguerite Roza |Katharine Meyer |Isabel McMullen
Editor's note: This article is part of the “COVID-19 and education: Five years later” series in which Brown Center experts and external contributors reflect on the five-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic and its ongoing impact on education policy, politics, and practice.
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